[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 61 (Thursday, March 28, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21495-21497]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-06592]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Patent and Trademark Office
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Initial Patent Applications
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will submit
the following information collection request to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, on or after the date of
publication of this notice. The USPTO invites comments on this
information collection renewal, which helps the USPTO assess the impact
of its information collection requirements and minimize the public's
reporting burden. Public comments were previously requested via the
Federal Register on January 10, 2024 during a 60-day comment period (89
FR 1557). This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public
comment.
Agency: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Department of
Commerce.
Title: Initial Patent Applications.
OMB Control Number: 0651-0032.
Needs and Uses: The United States Patent and Trademark Office
(USPTO) is required by Title 35 of the United States Code, including 35
U.S.C. 131, to examine applications for patents. The USPTO administers
the patent statutes relating to examination through various rules in
Chapter 37 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), such as, for
example, 37 CFR 1.16 through 1.84. Each patent applicant must provide
sufficient information to allow the USPTO to properly examine the
application to determine whether it meets the criteria set forth in the
patent statutes and regulations for issuance as a patent. The patent
statutes and regulations require that an application for patent include
the following information:
(1) A specification containing a description of the invention and
at least one claim defining the property right sought by the applicant;
(2) A drawing(s) or photograph(s), where necessary for an
understanding of the invention;
(3) An oath or declaration signed by the applicant (under 35 U.S.C.
115(f), the time for filing the oath or declaration is no later than
the date on which the issue fee for the patent is paid); and
(4) A filing fee.
Various types of patent applications are covered under this
information collection:
Noncontinuing, nonprovisional utility, plant and design
applications,
Provisional applications,
Continuation/divisional applications of international
applications,
Continued prosecution applications (design), and
Continuation/divisional and continuation-in-part
applications of utility, plant, and design applications.
In addition, this information collection covers certain other
papers filed by applicants, such as, for example, petitions to accept
an unintentionally delayed priority or benefit claim, petitions to
accept a filing by other than all of the inventors or a person not the
inventor, and petitions requesting that applications filed under 37 CFR
1.495(b) be accorded a receipt date.
Furthermore, this information collection incorporates the lone item
in 0651-0073 (Patent Law Treaty): petitions to restore the right of
priority to a foreign application under 37 CFR 1.55(c) or the benefit
of a prior-filed provisional application under 37 CFR 1.78(b). The
petitions are used to extend the 12-month periods set forth in 35
U.S.C. 119(a) and (e) by an additional 2 months where there is an
unintentional delay in filing an application claiming priority to a
foreign application or the benefit of a provisional application. Once
this information collection is renewed, and the petitions are added,
0651-0073 will be discontinued. For this 30-day notice, the non-hourly
cost burdens have been adjusted due to an increase in the postage rate
since the 60-day notice was published.
Forms: (AIA = America Invents Act; SB = Specimen Book)
PTO/AIA/01 (Declaration (37 CFR 1.63) for Utility or Design
Patent Application using an Application Data Sheet (37 CFR 1.76))
PTO/AIA/01CN (Chinese (simplified) Language Declaration (37
CFR 1.63) for Utility or Design Application Using an Application Data
Sheet (37 CFR 1.76))
PTO/AIA/01DE (German Language Declaration (37 CFR 1.63) for
Utility or Design Application Using an Application Data Sheet (37 CFR
1.76))
PTO/AIA/01ES (Spanish Language Declaration (37 CFR 1.63) for
Utility or Design Application Using an Application Data Sheet (37 CFR
1.76))
PTO/AIA/01FR (French Language Declaration (37 CFR 1.63) for
Utility or Design Application Using an Application Data Sheet (37 CFR
1.76))
PTO/AIA/01IT (Italian Language Declaration (37 CFR 1.63) for
Utility or Design Application Using an Application Data Sheet (37 CFR
1.76))
PTO/AIA/01JP (Japanese Language Declaration (37 CFR 1.63) for
Utility or Design Application Using an Application Data Sheet (37 CFR
1.76))
PTO/AIA/01KR (Korean Language Declaration (37 CFR 1.63) for
Utility or Design Application Using An Application Data Sheet (37 CFR
1.76))
PTO/AIA/01NL (Dutch Language Declaration (37 CFR 1.63) for
Utility or Design Application Using an Application Data Sheet (37 CFR
1.76))
PTO/AIA/01RU (Russian Language Declaration (37 CFR 1.63) for
Utility or Design Application Using An Application Data Sheet (37 CFR
1.76))
PTO/AIA/01SE (Swedish Language Declaration (37 CFR 1.63) for
Utility or Design Application Using an Application Data Sheet (37 CFR
1.76))
PTO/AIA/02 (Substitute Statement in Lieu of an Oath or
Declaration for Utility or Design Patent Application (35 U.S.C. 115(d)
and 37 CFR 1.64))
PTO/AIA/02CN (Chinese (Simplified) Language Substitute
Statement in Lieu of an Oath or Declaration for Utility or Design
Patent Application (35 U.S.C. 115(d) and 37 CFR 1.64))
PTO/AIA/02DE (German Language Substitute Statement in Lieu of
an Oath or Declaration for Utility or Design Patent Application (35
U.S.C. 115(d) and 37 CFR 1.64))
PTO/AIA/02ES (Spanish Language Substitute Statement in Lieu of
an Oath or Declaration for Utility or Design Patent Application (35
U.S.C. 115(d) and 37 CFR 1.64))
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PTO/AIA/02FR (French Language Substitute Statement in Lieu of
an Oath or Declaration for Utility or Design Patent Application (35
U.S.C. 115(d) and 37 CFR 1.64))
PTO/AIA/02IT (Italian Language Substitute Statement in Lieu of
an Oath or Declaration for Utility or Design Patent Application (35
U.S.C. 115(d) and 37 CFR 1.64))
PTO/AIA/02JP (Japanese Language Substitute Statement In Lieu
Of An Oath Or Declaration For Utility Or Design Patent Application (35
U.S.C. 115(d) and 37 CFR 1.64))
PTO/AIA/02KR (Korean Language Substitute Statement in Lieu of
an Oath or Declaration for Utility or Design Patent Application (35
U.S.C. 115(d) and 37 CFR 1.64))
PTO/AIA/02NL (Dutch Language Substitute Statement in Lieu of
an Oath or Declaration for Utility or Design Patent Application (35
U.S.C. 115(d) and 37 CFR 1.64))
PTO/AIA/02RU (Russian Language Substitute Statement in Lieu of
an Oath or Declaration for Utility or Design Patent Application (35
U.S.C. 115(d) and 37 CFR 1.64))
PTO/AIA/02SE (Swedish Language Substitute Statement in Lieu of
an Oath or Declaration for Utility or Design Patent Application (35
U.S.C. 115(d) and 37 CFR 1.64))
PTO/AIA/03 (Declaration (37 CFR 1.63) for Plant Patent
Application using an Application Data Sheet (37 CFR 1.76))
PTO/AIA/04 (Substitute Statement in Lieu of an Oath or
Declaration for Plant Patent Application (35 U.S.C. 115(d) and 37 CFR
1.64))
PTO/AIA/08 (Declaration for Utility or Design Patent
Application (37 CFR 1.63))
PTO/AIA/09 (Plant Patent Application (35 U.S.C. 161)
Declaration (37 CFR 1.162))
PTO/AIA/10 (Supplemental Sheet for Declaration (Additional
Inventor(s), Supplemental Sheet for PTO/AIA/08, 09))
PTO/AIA/11 (Substitute Statement Supplemental Sheet
(Inventor(s), Supplemental Sheet for PTO/AIA/02, 04, 07))
PTO/AIA/14 (Application Data Sheet 37 CFR 1.76)
PTO/AIA/15 (Utility Patent Application Transmittal)
PTO/AIA/18 (Design Patent Application Transmittal)
PTO/AIA/19 (Plant Patent Application Transmittal)
PTO/SB/01 (Declaration for Utility or Design Patent
Application (37 CFR 1.63))
PTO/SB/01A (Declaration (37 CFR 1.63) for Utility or Design
Application Using an Application Data Sheet (37 CFR 1.76))
PTO/SB/02 consisting of PTO/SB/02A (Declaration (Additional
Inventor(s), Supplemental Sheet)) and PTO/SB/02B (Declaration--
Supplemental Priority Data Sheet)
PTO/SB/02CN (Declaration (Additional Inventors) and
Supplemental Priority Data Sheets [2 pages] (Chinese Language
Declaration for Additional Inventors)
PTO/SB/02DE (Declaration (Additional Inventors) and
Supplemental Priority Data Sheets [2 pages] (German Language
Declaration for Additional Inventors))
PTO/SB/02ES (Declaration (Additional Inventors) and
Supplemental Priority Data Sheet [2 pages] (Spanish Language
Declaration for Additional Inventors))
PTO/SB/02FR (Declaration (Additional Inventors) and
Supplemental Priority Data Sheet [2 pages] (French Language Declaration
for Additional Inventors))
PTO/SB/02IT (Declaration (Additional Inventors) and
Supplemental Priority Data Sheet [2 pages] (Italian Language
Declaration for Additional Inventors))
PTO/SB/02JP (Japanese Language Substitute Statement in Lieu of
an Oath or Declaration for Utility or Design Patent Application (35
U.S.C. 115(d) and 37 CFR 1.64))
PTO/SB/02KR (Declaration (Additional Inventors) and
Supplemental Priority Data Sheet [2 pages] (Korean Language Declaration
for Additional Inventors))
PTO/SB/02NL (Declaration (Additional Inventors) and
Supplemental Priority Data Sheet [2 pages] (Dutch Language Declaration
for Additional Inventors))
PTO/SB/02RU (Declaration (Additional Inventors) and
Supplemental Priority Data Sheet [2 pages] (Russian Language
Declaration for Additional Inventors))
PTO/SB/02SE (Declaration (Additional Inventors) and
Supplemental Priority Data Sheet [2 pages] (Swedish Language
Declaration for Additional Inventors))
PTO/SB/02LR (Declaration Supplemental Sheet for Legal
Representatives (35 U.S.C. 117) on Behalf of a Deceased or
Incapacitated Inventor)
PTO/SB/03 (Plant Patent Application (35 U.S. C. 161)
Declaration (37 CFR 1.63))
PTO/SB/04 (Supplemental Declaration for Utility or Design
Patent Application (37 CFR 1.67))
PTO/SB/05 (Utility Plant Application Transmittal)
PTO/SB/06 (Patent Application Fee Determination Record
(Substitute for Form PTO-875)
PTO/SB/07 (Multiple Dependent Claim Fee Calculation Sheet
(Substitute for Form PTO-1360; For Use with Form PTO/SB/06)
PTO SB 16--Patent Center and PTO SB 16 (Provisional
Application for Patent Cover Sheet)
PTO/SB/17 (Fee Transmittal)
PTO/SB/29 (For Design Applications Only: Continued Prosecution
Application (CPA) Request Transmittal)
PTO/SB/29A (For Design Applications Only: Receipt for
Facsimile Transmitted CPA)
PTO/SB/101 (Declaration for Utility or Design Patent
Application (37 CFR 1.63) (Chinese Language Declaration)
PTO/SB/102 (Declaration for Utility or Design Patent
Application (37 CFR 1.63) (Dutch Language Declaration)
PTO/SB/103 (Declaration for Utility or Design Patent
Application (37 CFR 1.63) (German Language Declaration)
PTO/SB/104 (Declaration for Utility or Design Patent
Application (37 CFR 1.63) (Italian Language Declaration)
PTO/SB/105 (Declaration for Utility or Design Patent
Application (37 CFR 1.63) (French Language Declaration)
PTO/SB/106 (Declaration for Utility or Design Patent
Application (37 CFR 1.63) (Japanese Language Declaration)
PTO/SB/107 (Declaration for Utility or Design Patent
Application (37 CFR 1.63) (Russian Language Declaration)
PTO/SB/108 (Declaration for Utility or Design Patent
Application (37 CFR 1.63) (Swedish Language Declaration)
PTO/SB/109 (Declaration for Utility or Design Patent
Application (37 CFR 1.63) (Spanish Language Declaration)
PTO/SB/110 (Declaration for Utility or Design Patent
Application (37 CFR 1.63) (Korean Language Declaration)
PTO/SB/445 (Petition to Accept an Unintentionally Delayed
Claim Under 35 U.S.C. 119(e) (37 CFR 1.78(c)) and/or to Accept an
Unintentionally Delayed Claim Under 35 U.S.C. 120, 121, 365(c), or
386(c) (37 CFR 1.78(e)) for the Benefit of a Prior-Filed Application)
PTO/SB/458 (Petition to Accept an Unintentionally Delayed
Claim under 35 U.S.C. 119(a)-(d) or (f), 365(a) or (b), or 386(a) or
(b) for the Right of Priority to a Prior-Filed Foreign Application (37
CFR 1.55(e))
PTO/SB/459 (Petition to Restore the Benefit of a Provisional
Application (37 CFR 1.78(b)) or to Restore the Priority to a Foreign
Application (37 CFR 1.55(c))
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Type of Review: Extension and revision of a currently approved
information collection.
Affected Public: Private sector.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Frequency: On occasion.
Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 588,255 respondents.
Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 588,255 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: The USPTO estimates that the responses
in this information collection will take the public approximately
between 45 minutes (0.75 hours) and 40 hours to complete. This includes
the time to gather the necessary information, create the document, and
submit the completed request to the USPTO.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Burden Hours: 12,543,215 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Respondent Non-Hourly Cost Burden:
$1,156,505,487.
This information collection request may be viewed at
www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view Department of
Commerce, USPTO information collections currently under review by OMB.
Written comments and recommendations for this information
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of
this notice on the following website, www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by selecting
``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using
the search function and entering either the title of the information
collection or the OMB Control Number, 0651-0032.
Further information can be obtained by:
Email: [email protected]. Include ``0651-
0032 information request'' in the subject line of the message.
Mail: Justin Isaac, Office of the Chief Administrative
Officer, United States Patent and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450,
Alexandria, VA 22313-1450.
Justin Isaac,
Information Collections Officer, Office of the Chief Administrative
Officer, United States Patent and Trademark Office.
[FR Doc. 2024-06592 Filed 3-27-24; 8:45 am]
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